Preface xi Abbreviations xiii About the Authors xix 1 Supramolecular Polymers: General Considerations 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Classification Schemes 2 1.3 Supramolecular Polymerization Mechanisms 4 1.4 Beyond Classical Supramolecular Polymerization 20 1.5 Concluding Remarks 22 2 Supramolecular Assemblies Based on Ionic Interactions 29 2.1 General Aspects 29 2.2 Basic Binding Modes and Discrete Model Assemblies 30 2.

3 Supramolecular Polymers, Based on Ionic Interactions 35 2.4 Concluding Remarks 52 3 Supramolecular Polymers, Based on Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions 57 3.1 General Aspects 57 3.2 From H-Bonding Interactions to Supramolecular Polymers 63 3.3 Conclusion Remarks 107 4 Supramolecular Polymers, Based on Metal-to-Ligand Interactions 117 4.1 General Aspects 117 4.2 Synthesis and Design Principles 119 4.3 Linear Metallo-supramolecular Polymers 121 4.

4 Concluding Remarks 176 5 Supramolecular Polymers, Based on Π--Electronic Interactions 195 5.1 General Aspects 195 5.2 Columnar Supramolecular Polymers, Based on Π--Π Stacking Interactions 197 5.3 From Π--Π Stacking to Advanced Donor--Acceptor-Type Charge--Transfer Interactions 209 5.4 From Charge--Transfer to Π-Electronic Ion-Pairing Interactions 213 5.5 Linear Supramolecular Polymers, Based on Π-Electronic Interactions 218 5.6 Conclusion and Outlook 232 6 Supramolecular Polymers, Based on Crown Ether Recognition 239 6.1 General Aspects 239 6.

2 From Crown Ether Molecular Recognition Toward Supramolecular Polymers 240 6.3 Mechanical Interlocking: From Pseudorotaxanes to Rotaxanes 258 6.4 Poly(pseudo)rotaxanes, Derived from Preformed Polymers 263 6.5 Supramolecular Amphiphiles 266 6.6 Concluding Remarks 269 7 Supramolecular Polymers, Based on Cucurbiturils 275 7.1 General Aspects 275 7.2 Interactions of CB[n]s with Small Organic Guest Molecules 276 7.3 Supramolecular Polymers Incorporating CB[n] Units 278 7.

4 Concluding Remarks 295 8 Supramolecular Polymers, Based on the Host--Guest Chemistry of Calixarenes 301 8.1 General Aspects 301 8.2 Calixarene-Based Supramolecular Polycaps 302 8.3 Supramolecular Polymers Featuring Vacant Calixarene Scaffolds 309 8.4 Supramolecular Polymers, Formed by Host--Guest Interactions 311 8.5 Beyond Classical Calix[n]arenes: Calix[4]pyrroles 322 8.6 Miscellaneous Supramacromolecular Assemblies, Based on Calixarenes 327 8.7 Concluding Remarks 337 9 Cyclodextrins in the Field of Supramolecular Polymers 343 9.

1 General Aspects 343 9.2 Cyclodextrins and Supramolecular Polymers 344 9.3 End-Capping: From Polypseudorotaxanes to Polyrotaxanes 362 9.4 Polymerization of Pre-assembled Pseudorotaxanes 364 9.5 Supramolecular Polymerization, Based on CD Recognition 368 9.6 Amphiphilic Supramolecular Diblock Copolymers 375 9.7 Concluding Remarks 379 10 Supramolecular Polymers, Based on the Host--Guest Chemistry of Pillarenes 387 10.1 General Aspects 387 10.

2 Host--Guest Complexation Between Pillarenes and Linear Polymers 389 10.3 Supramolecular Polymers, Derived from Pillarene-based Host--Guest Interactions 391 10.4 Hyperbranched and Cross-linked Assemblies 401 10.5 Supramolecular Assemblies, Based on Amphiphilic Pillar[5]arenes 405 10.6 Concluding Remarks 410 11 Supramolecular Polymers, Formed by Orthogonal Non-covalent Interactions 415 11.1 Introduction 415 11.2 Orthogonal Combinations of Supramolecular Interactions Involving Metal-to-Ligand Coordination 417 11.3 Orthogonal Combinations of Supramolecular Interactions Involving H-Bonding 428 11.

4 Miscellaneous Orthogonal Combinations of Supramolecular Interactions 438 11.5 Biomimetic Orthogonal Self-Assembly: Protein Recognition 443 11.6 Concluding Remarks 447 12 Characterization of Supramolecular Polymers 453 12.1 Introduction 453 12.2 Estimation of the Molar Mass from the Theories of Supramolecular Polymer Science 454 12.3 Size-Exclusion Chromatography 460 12.4 Viscometry 463 12.5 Light Scattering 465 12.

6 Vapor Pressure Osmometry 467 12.7 Analytical Ultracentrifugation 468 12.8 NMR Spectroscopy 470 12.9 Mass Spectrometry 475 12.10 Microscopy Imaging 476 12.11 Small/Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering 484 12.12 X-Ray Crystallography 486 12.13 Small-Angle Neutron Scattering 487 12.

14 Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation 490 12.15 Taylor Dispersion Analysis 492 12.16 They Are Very Complex Structures but Totally Timely. 494 References 495 Index 503.